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The Complete Works of Sangharakshita is going strong with four volumes published. These are: Dr. Ambedkar and the Revival of Buddhism I, The Three Jewels II, Mahayana Myths and Stories and The Rainbow Road from Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong. Nearly 200 people (including Centres) have subscribed for the complete set, with the Hardback + eBook … [ Read More ]

We’d like to share some moving words from a group of readers we have had for years now. On request, our Publishing Controller Michelle sends free Windhorse Publications books and written replies to prisoners. The gratitude with which they receive them is touching. These books and letters enhance their lives, and in a place where … [ Read More ]

Dr. Paramabandhu Groves has been busy touring UK and Ireland Triratna Buddhist Centres from Brighton to Glasgow to Dublin. He has been giving talks and leading meditations in kindness. Windhorse Publications published his book, co-authored with psychologist Dr. Jed Shamel, Mindful Emotion: A Short Course in Kindness in March this year. So far, reviews have been … [ Read More ]

In 2013 we published Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara) and Dr Paramabandhu Groves. Since then, the book has won two prestigious awards: the 2014 USA Best Book Awards and the 2015 International Book Awards. An international Eight Step Recovery movement has emerged, with regular courses and meetings … [ Read More ]

This year we were able to meet the challenges of contemporary publishing and release Mindful Emotion alongside three new volumes of the Complete Works of Sangharakshita. We would like to extend a big thank you to those who made this possible – the books exist due to your collective generosity. In Winter 2017/Spring 2018, we plan to release two … [ Read More ]

How did Paramabandhu and Jed Shamel’s latest book come about? Who does it reach? Are there any challenges to bringing kindness into Mindfulness teaching? Find out in this interview with Paramabandhu. His new book Mindful Emotion: A Short Course in Kindness is now available.

We have released Mindful Emotion: A Short Course in Kindness just ahead of a prediction reported in The Bookseller – the UK’s publishing-trade magazine – that the next trending lifestyle attitude after lagom and hygge is . . . kindness. The book draws on Kindness Behaviour Training and offers reflections and exercises to bring more kindness into our daily lives. … [ Read More ]

We value your custom no matter how you buy our books. But who you buy from can wind up directing more or less money to us … which affects our ability to support new and existing books. Besides this, there are ways all our customers can get a discount … read on … Buying from … [ Read More ]

March has been a busy month, bookwise. We announce the publication of four new books: three volumes of the Complete Works of Sangharakshita, and Mindful Emotion by Drs Paramabandhu Groves and Jed Shamel. We are also carrying a new edition of Detox Your Heart by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara), published by Wisdom Publications. The Complete Works We announce … [ Read More ]

We are pleased to announce that we are carrying a new book published by Earth Books. It is available from our website and BookSource: Other Than Mother: Choosing Childlessness with Life in Mind by Kamalamani. Any woman considering whether or not to become a mother will find invaluable support in this book. Kamalamani explores the issues … [ Read More ]

We hope you had a good start to the year. We at Windhorse Publications would like to let you know what’s coming up in the first half of the year. Three new volumes of the Complete Works of Sangharakshita will be launched in March, and a new book, Mindful Emotion, by Drs Paramabandhu Groves and Jed Shamel … [ Read More ]

We have had an exciting year at Windhorse Publications. We would like to share some of the highlights with our readers. The Complete Works of Sangharakshita was launched. The first volume published, Dr Ambedkar and the Revival of Buddhism I, was in time for celebrations around the conversion of Dr Ambedkar and his followers to … [ Read More ]